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Discussion => Shipping => Topic started by: powerbuddy on February 01, 2012, 04:29 am
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Any reason why vendors prefer to ship USPS vs UPS or Fedex? Seems like I would be willing to pay a bit extra instead of all that controlled delivery situations from Postal Inspectors people keep talking about! They even have drop boxes etc... Whats the security risk involved here? Just wondering...
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Do some research and you will see that USPS is ALWAYS recommended over UPS or Fedex. ALWAYS.
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The reasoning behind using the USPS over a private shipping company is that law enforcement doesn't need a warrant to search a package in the possession of a private company but DO need a warrant to search mail since it is a federal service. The private shippers all have agreements in place with the government to allow searches and bringing drug dogs into their facilities at random.
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ah..I see